Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 110 runs against KKR; Klassen-Head emerged as the hero.

IPL 2025 The 68th match was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The Hyderabad team scored 278/3 runs, batting first, which is the third highest total of IPL history.

Kolkata’s team chased the target to be all out at a score of 168 in 18.4 overs and Hyderabad won by 110 runs.

Henrich Klassen and Travis Head played brilliant innings

Batting first against Kolkata, Sunrisers Hyderabad got a great start. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head shared a 92 -run partnership for the first wicket. Abhishek scored 32 runs in 16 balls with the help of 4 fours and two sixes. Head and Heinrich Klassen took charge after Abhishek was dismissed. The two batsmen shared an 83 -run partnership for the second wicket.

Travis Head scored 76 runs in 40 balls with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes. While Heinrich Klassen scored an unbeaten innings of 105 runs in 39 balls with the help of 7 fours and 9 sixes. Klassen scored a century off 37 balls and has become the third batsman to jointly score the fastest century in IPL history. Yusuf Pathan also scored a century in 37 balls while playing for Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai Indians in the 2010 season.

For Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunil Narine took two wickets for 42 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Vaibhav Arora took a wicket for 39 runs in 4 overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad bowled deadly

Kolkata got a poor start, chasing a target of 279 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The team lost two big wickets inside the powerplay. Sunil Naren (31) and Ajinkya Rahane (15) could not play a big innings. After these two, Quinton de Kock (9), Rinku Singh (9), Andre Russell lost wickets in the seventh over and 8th over. Half KKR’s team returned to the pavilion at a score of just 70.

Manish Mande scored the highest innings of 37 runs in 23 balls with the help of two fours and three sixes. At the same time, Harshit Rana scored 34 runs in 21 balls. Jaydev Unadkat, Ishaan Malinga and Harsh Dubey jointly took 3-3 wickets for Hyderabad.